Roneo

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See also: roneo and ronéo

English

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Etymology

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ro(tary) + Neo(style) (the manufacturer's name)

Noun

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Roneo (plural Roneos)

  1. (chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 104:
      For his "sermons" were recorded and Roneo-copied for the benefit of absent members.
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 91:
      on board would be a loyal caid, Hadj Sadok, who had the previous day received a roneo copy of the F.L.N.'s proclamation []

Verb

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Roneo (third-person singular simple present Roneos, present participle Roneoing, simple past and past participle Roneoed)

  1. To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
    • 1963, John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Penguin Canada, published 2009, page 25:
      He pushed across the counter a roneoed form with his particulars entered in a sloping hand.